EP1736270A1 - WIG-Schweiss- bzw, Lötverfahren mit Metallübertragung durch eine flüssigmetallbrücke - Google Patents

WIG-Schweiss- bzw, Lötverfahren mit Metallübertragung durch eine flüssigmetallbrücke Download PDF

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EP1736270A1
EP1736270A1 EP06290961A EP06290961A EP1736270A1 EP 1736270 A1 EP1736270 A1 EP 1736270A1 EP 06290961 A EP06290961 A EP 06290961A EP 06290961 A EP06290961 A EP 06290961A EP 1736270 A1 EP1736270 A1 EP 1736270A1
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M. Olivier Revel
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LAir Liquide SA pour lEtude et lExploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/16—Arc welding or cutting making use of shielding gas
    • B23K9/167—Arc welding or cutting making use of shielding gas and of a non-consumable electrode
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K9/00—Arc welding or cutting
    • B23K9/12—Automatic feeding or moving of electrodes or work for spot or seam welding or cutting
    • B23K9/126—Controlling the spatial relationship between the work and the gas torch

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  • the present invention relates to a welding process, preferably robotized, with TIG torch and filler metal in the form of one or more fusible wires.
  • Documents are known US Patent 5512726 and DE-A-3542984 , a conventional configuration of TIG torch with fusible wire supply, in which the supply of the fusible wire into the melt is operated horizontally or almost horizontally so as to obtain a transfer of molten metal into drops from the end fuse the fused wire and to the welding area, that is to say the parts to be welded or soldered together.
  • the problem then is to improve the robotic welding processes TIG with existing filler metal to be able to perform welds with high productivity, especially at a welding speed of at least 50 cm / min, and of good quality , that is to say, absence of projections, silicates and oxides, so as to facilitate the robotization of these TIG processes with filler metal and increase their performance.
  • One solution of the invention is an arc welding method using a TIG torch provided with a non-fusible electrode and a fusible filler wire, the end of said fuse wire being gradually melted by an electric arc generated. between the non-fusible electrode and at least one part to be welded so as to carry out a transfer of molten metal from the wire to said part and thus obtain a solder joint, characterized in that the supply of fusible wire is operated according to a angle ( ⁇ ) less than 50 ° with respect to the axis of the electrode, the end of the fuse wire is guided and maintained permanently at a distance (D) of less than about 2 mm from the end of the electrode.
  • ⁇ angle
  • D distance
  • the method of the invention is therefore based on the fact of making a transfer of molten metal in the form of a liquid bridge or a liquid metal vein between the filler wire and the zone to be welded so as to obtain a contact standing between the bath of molten metal and the filler metal.
  • the transfer of metal is not drop by drop, as in the prior art, but according to a liquid bridge of molten metal.
  • liquid bridge transfer according to the invention can be achieved in a wide and high range of wire feed speed parameters compared to conventional TIG processes.
  • the method of the invention is preferably implemented with a torch with fusible wire passing through the wall of the nozzle at an angle ( ⁇ ) of less than 50 °, for example a torch similar or identical to that described in FIG. document EP-A-1459831 .
  • the feed of wire which is integrated in the torch, is made at an angle ( ⁇ ) of the order of generally 10 ° to 20 °, for example of the order of 15 ° to 20 °, with respect to the the axis of the non-fusible electrode of the torch and this, while maintaining a small distance between the end of the wire and the cone end of the tungsten electrode, for example about 1 mm or the wire diameter of bring.
  • the end of the fuse wire is guided and maintained permanently at a constant temperature.
  • distance D less than 2 mm from the end of the tungsten electrode ie the distance between the outer surface of the fuse wire and the electrode must not exceed about 2 mm, preferably be of the order of 1 mm. Indeed, if the distance D wire / electrode becomes too large, that is to say greater than 2 mm, it becomes very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain an efficient and durable bridge transfer liquid.
  • a variant of the application may be a torch configuration with two feeds son located opposite sides and perpendicular to the joint plane. This allows to perform charging applications or be applied to the realization of very wide cords as this increases the play tolerance between the parts to be welded.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates what is meant by "liquid bridge transfer” according to the invention, namely an uninterrupted passage of the filler metal 3 which is melted in the electric arc generated by the tungsten electrode 4 between the end of the filler wire 1 and the molten metal bath 2 through a vein or molten liquid metal bridge 3, so as to obtain the desired weld joint 6 between the parts 8 to be assembled by welding.
  • the arrival of the fuse wire 1 is at an angle ( ⁇ ) of the order of generally 10 ° to 20 °, for example of the order of 15 ° to 20 °, with respect to the axis of the non-fusible tungsten electrode 4 and the surface or end of the fuse wire 1 is guided and permanently maintained at a distance (D) of less than 2 mm from the surface of the end of the electrode 4, tungsten.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically a drop transfer 7 according to the prior art.
  • the end of the fuse wire is usually not guided or permanently maintained at a distance less than 2 mm from the conical end of the electrode.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the frequency of the drops as a function of the wire speed for an intensity of 200 A, a welding speed of 2 m / min and a CuSi 3 wire of 1 mm in diameter.
  • the increase in the wire speed causes the drop frequency to increase to the appearance of a passage threshold in liquid transfer at zero drop frequency.
  • ARCAL TM 10 is a gas containing argon supplemented with 2.5% by volume of hydrogen
  • ARCAL TM 1 is a gas containing pure argon; these gases are marketed by L'Air Liquide.
  • the minimum wire speed (min Vf) and maximum wire speed (max Vf) are those to be applied to achieve the liquid bridge transfer. Below these speeds, a transfer by drops is obtained, while above, one obtains disturbances of the process.
  • the modes of transfer can be obtained on any type of material and on various configurations of joint: end-to-end, with clapboard, angles and fallen edges.
  • the method of the invention is usable for welding any type of material and on different configurations of joints, including end-to-end, clapboard, or angles and edges fallen.

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